World Japanese fighters conducted air drills with U.S. B-1B bombers on Tuesday

05:05 09 august 2017

05:05 09 august 2017 Source:
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U.S. sailor missing during South China Sea joint naval drill

US and Japanese naval forces are searching for an American sailor who went missing during a joint drill in the South China Sea, officials said Wednesday."U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense-Force ships and aircraft are searching for a sailor from USS Stethem reported missing while the ship was conducting routine operations in the South China Sea" early Tuesday, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement.

South Korea said on Tuesday it had conducted a joint drill with a U . S . supersonic B - 1 B Lancer bomber after North Korea's state media earlier accused the United States of staging a drill to practise dropping nuclear bombs on the Korean peninsula.

The exercise around Japan's southern Kyushu island involved two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers and two Japanese F-2 jet fighters, Japan's Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) said in a news release.

North Korea said on Wednesday it is considering a strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, hours after President Donald trump said any threat from Pyongyang would be met with "fire and fury."

Andersen Air Force Base on Guam is where the U.S. keeps its B1-B bombers deployed to the Asia Pacific.

The U.S. planes, which are capable of carrying nuclear bombs, followed up the drills with Japan with a separate exercise with South Korean Forces, the ASDF said.

(Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Kim Coghill)

Japan, US conduct live-fire drill amid regional tension .
Some 300 Japanese and US military personnel on Wednesday carried out live-fire artillery training in northern Japan, officials said, amid high regional tensions over North Korean missile threats. The drill, part of a 19-day exercise, came after a tense war of words between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's threats to fire missiles towards the Pacific island of Guam.Troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) and US Marines fired live ammunition from armed vehicles at a manoeuvre area on the northern island of Hokkaido.

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South Korean Air Force/Yonhap via REUTERS. SEOUL (Reuters) - Two U . S . supersonic bombers conducted live-fire drills on Saturday in South North Korea announced on Tuesday it successfully test-launched an ICBM, saying the missile was capable of carrying a large and heavy nuclear warhead.

South Korean fighter jets are scheduled to train with two American B - 1 B Lancer supersonic bombers on Tuesday , a Reuters quotes a South Korean air force official who said the drill will also involve two South Korean F-15K fighters but would not elaborate on the exercises that would be included.

The pair of strategic bombers were joined by US and South Korean jet fighters to conduct the SEOUL (Reuters) - Two U . S . supersonic bombers conducted live-fire drills on Saturday in South program after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday into Japanese waters.

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